Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP)

Educational resources:

• Living Well in Communities Anticipatory Care Planning Website (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
• Anticipatory Care Planning Toolkit (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)

 

Bereavement Following Suicide 

Educational resources:

• Training on Bereavement following Suicide (Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland/ NHS Health Scotland)

 

Bereavement Related to Substance Use

Educational resources:

• Bereaved through substance use - guidelines for professionals (University of Bath; University of Stirling; Economic & Social Research Council, June 2015)

 

Care After Death

Educational resources:

• Management of Deaths in the Community (in hours and out of hours) (Scottish Government, January 2016)
• GMC guidance on disclosing information after a patient has died (General Medical Council, 2017)

 

Child Bereavement

Educational resources:

• Talking to children who are bereaved animated video (NHS Education for Scotland, March 2016)

 

Communication

Educational resources:

• Irish Hospice Foundation leaflet on delivering bad news (Irish Hospice Foundation, August 2013)
• Discussing dying animated video (NHS Education for Scotland, March 2016)
• GMC/ Hospice UK video: communication in end of life care (GMC/Hospice UK, February 2018)
• Age UK: 'Let's talk about death & dying' resource booklet/film (Age UK, September 2017)
• Skills for Care film: 'It helps to talk' (Skills for Care, 2015)

 

CPR/ DNACPR

Educational resources:

• Supporting Families around the Resuscitation of a Baby or Child animated film (NHS Education for Scotland, August 2018)
• Supporting Families around the Resuscitation of a Baby or Child Animation summary leaflet, for healthcare professionals (NHS Education for Scotland, August 2018)
• Supporting Families around the Resuscitation of an Adult Family Member animated film produced by NES, for healthcare professionals (NHS Education for Scotland, October 2018)
• Supporting Families around the Resuscitation of an Adult Family Member summary leaflet, for healthcare professionals (NHS Education for Scotland, October 2018)

Further information:

• NHS Scotland DNACPR Integrated Adult Policy (NHS Scotland, August 2016)
• NHS Scotland DNACPR policy 2016: decision making framework (NHS Scotland, August 2016)
• NHS Scotland DNACPR form (NHS Scotland, August 2016)

 

Death Certification

Educational resources: 

• Death Certification e-modules (Common Mistakes & Deaths in the Community) (NHS Education for Scotland, June 2017)
• Tips for Certifying Doctors when completing a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Healthcare Improvement Scotland, August 2018)

Further information:

• The Certification of Death (Scotland) Act (Scottish Government, 2011)
• Death Certification Review Service Annual Reports (Healthcare Improvement Scotland, August 2016)
• Information on the revised system for death certification in Scotland (Healthcare Improvement Scotland, May 2015)

 

Death, Dying & Bereavement

Educational resources:

• Primary care top ten tips for bereavement support (Macmillan Cancer Support and National Bereavement Alliance, June 2016)
• Talking and being with people who are bereaved animated film (NHS Education for Scotland, June 2017)
• Primary Care 10 Top Tips: Bereavement Support (Macmillan & the National Bereavement Alliance, June 2018)
• Talking and being with people who are bereaved animation summary leaflet, for health and social care professionals (NHS Education for Scotland)

Further information:

• Shaping Bereavement Care: A Framework for Action (Scottish Government, February 2011)
• English National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) (Office for National Statistics)
• Report: A Road Less Lonely, Moving forward with public health approaches to death, dying and bereavement in Scotland (Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, April 2018)
• Socio-Economic Costs of Bereavement in Scotland (Robert Gordon University, March 2013)
• Good grief: Older people's experiences of partner bereavement report (Independent Age, April 2018)
• Bereavement Support in Scotland report (Hospice UK/ Sue Ryder, October 2018)
• The Irish Hospice Foundation website

 

Faith, Spirituality and Culture

Educational resources:

• A Multi-Faith Resource for Healthcare Staff (NHS Education for Scotland)
• Spiritual Care Matters: An Introductory Resource for all NHSScotland Staff (NHS Education for Scotland, February 2009)

Further information:

• FICA Spiritual History Tool (George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health)

 

Funerals, Burial and Cremation

Educational resources:

• Talking to parents about their decisions around burial or cremation after the death of their baby animated film (NHS Education for Scotland, November 2018)

Further information:

• Funeral poverty in Scotland: a review for Scottish Government (Citizens Advice Scotland, February 2016)
• Guidance on notifiable diseases and organisms, and health risk states (Scottish Government, August 2012)

 

Organ, Tissue and Body Donation

Further information:

• Information on body donation for medical staff (Scottish Government, April 2019)
• Guidance on organ donation and transplantation (Scottish Government, December 2016)
• UK Transplant Laws: overview of key laws governing organ donation and transplantation in the UK (Organ Donation Scotland, August 2016)

 

Palliative and End of Life Care

Educational resources:

• Leaflet - 'End of life care: the last days' (Irish Hospice Foundation, July 2012)
• 'Am I dying? Responding to difficult questions' (Irish Hospice Foundation, August 2013)
• Leaflet 'supporting families at end of life' (Irish Hospice Foundation, August 2013)
• Withdrawal of active treatment in an intensive care setting animation (NHS Education for Scotland, March 2017)
• Withdrawal of Active Treatment in an Intensive Care Setting Animation summary leaflet for healthcare professionals (NHS Education for Scotland, March 2017)
• Learning resource: Informed about palliative and end of life care (NHS Education for Scotland, August 2018)
• Online course - Parkinson's: Managing Palliative & End of Life Care (Parkinson's UK and the Open University, August 2018)

Further information:

• Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care 
• Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care (Scottish Government, December 2015)
• Guidance: Caring for People in the Last Hours and Days of Life (NHSScotland / Scottish Government, December 2014)
• Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making (General Medical Council, July 2010)
• Palliative and End of Life Care: A Framework to Support the Learning and Development Needs of the Health and Social Service Workforce in Scotland (NHS Education for Scotland, August 2017)
• Dying without dignity - Investigations by the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about end of life care (Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman)

 

Post Mortem Examination

Educational resources:

• Discussing Adult Authorised (Hospital) Post Mortem Examination animated video (NHS Education for Scotland, March 2016)
• Discussing Post Mortem Examination after Stillbirth or Neonatal Death animated video (NHS Education for Scotland)
• Parent to parent post mortem animation (Held in Our Hearts, previously Sands Lothians)

Further information:

• Standards for the management of hospital post mortem examinations (Healthcare Improvement Scotland, June 2016)